A rejects B, B rejects C, and in the end no one can form a coalition.
Chabad will be running a special election day campaign.
The paper presents the day after elections, as they wish to see it.
Because of its tax-exempt status, OneVoice is legally prohibited to campaign against Netanyahu directly.
With nearly a dozen viable parties, the president choosing the one who pulls together the pieces, Israeli elections are complicated.
The election polls reflect the demographics of Israel, united by faith and divided by ideology and tradition.
The Shas chairman, the smartest politician in town, knows a coalition in the hand is better than one in the bush.
Other recent statements by Aryeh Deri may have left voters confused about Deri's intentions.
The "ultra right wing" Yachad party has women working on policy issues of economic importance to women.
Apparently Peres, like some in the Labor party don't see Livni as an asset.
By Shalom Bear
We could see the Likud or the Zionist Union ending up as junior partners in a future coalition.
Yesh Atid along with Kulanu are key to forming the next coalition.
Another candidate and party that wants to give away Eretz Yisrael...
He opposes socialism and capitalism, believes Judaism should guide those decisions, but welcomes anyone who does not want to kill Jews.
The Labor Court will decide today whether to allow the strike.
As the infamous quote says, "We established what you are, now we're just haggling over the price."
The difference is significant enough in this poll, that the Left can finally form a coalition.
The Foreign Minister said Israeli Arabs who do not pledge loyalty to the country should be beheaded.
Herzog says he and only he can unite the world to stand by Israel against Palestinian Authority terror.
Unless Bayit Yehudi builds up seats, a National Unity government is looking like a strong possibility.
The party headed by Herzog and Livni blamed the violation of the law on a "local" initiative.
By Shalom Bear
Meretz doesn't seem to understand the Arab sector whom they imagine to be their natural partners and allies.
By Shalom Bear
Another ex-military chief openly joins the ranks of the left - another tired cliché.
A large turnout of Bedouin and Arab voters may make the United Arab List the third largest Knesset party.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel’s Channel 2 television network thought Herzog’s remarks constituted elections propaganda.
Eli Yishai is starting to surge upward.
The anti-Bibi barrage last week cost him a grand total of two seats, which went to other parties but not to Bujie and Tzipi.
Want to know who are the Bibicotters and how you can tell them what you think?
Herzog, Livni and their media backers have thrown everything at Netanyahu. Voters are not impressed.
The Left-Right division remains almost the same, but a National Unity government is also feasible.
The so-called "Zionist Camp" was accused of having "blood on its hands."
Photos from The Anglo Vote
By Sean Savage
Israel is home to one of the few remaining growing Christian communities in the Middle East.
LIVE - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015 - Political candidates from the parties battle it out - in English - for your vote.
The State Comptroller and Ombudsman will release his report on the housing crisis at 6 p.m. (11 a.m. EST) Wednesday night. The report will cover the Olmert and Netanyahu administrations, letting Tzipi Livni and Yitzchak Herzog off the hook. They were Ministers of Housing in the Sharon government. The Likud party is concerned that the […]
The evening begins with a dairy reception at 6:30 PM, and the conversations and debate begin at 7:30 PM.
Shas says the national anthem is just a modern poem, not the Torah.
Everyone goes off the deep end and accuses the other of everything under the sun.
If the "Boycott Yesha" movement is true to its ideology, its cheerleaders won’t vote March 17.
The office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman stated Sunday that it will release the report on the housing crisis before the elections and possibly by the end of the week. A decision on the exact date of relapse will be made in the next couple of days. Israel's anti-Netanyahu establishment media and the Herzog-Livni […]
The president may schedule high-profile interviews while Netanyahu visits. Who, if anyone, will address AIPAC?
The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.
The other leaders are no better: Lapid takes credit for water rates going down and Livni says she is tough on Hamas.
Israelis working as emissaries for B'nei Akiva outside the country should be allowed to vote in next month's elections, World B'nei Akiva director Rabbi Noam Perl wrote Elections Committee chairman Judge Salim Jubran Wednesday. "The fact that the emissaries overseas work for Zionism and for the State of Israel cannot participate in the elections is […]
MK Hanin Zoabi of Balad and Baruch Marzel of Yachad are back in Israel's election race.
They distribute ballots to elect the 'Savior."
Please pray for a full and speedy recovery to the People of Israel ben Sarah.
The Supreme Court will rule next week on appeals by Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi and Baruch Marzel to overturn the Elections Committee decision to bar them from running in the elections. One of the justices at the hearing Tuesday morning stated that the court generally does not get involved in politics, but there is a […]
But does one of the disguised "terrorists" look like Bennett?
The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.
A large plurality disapproves of the Congressional invitation to Netanyahu, but a majority thinks Obama should meet with him.
The Elections Committee tossed out Marzel hours after eliminating Arab MK Zoabi.
The Supreme Court may reverse the decision. The committee has not decided on Baruch Marzel's candidacy.
Will Clinton show for Bibi's speech? Warren's pro-Israel statements may play a role.
Bibi says US and partners already made very bad offer to Iran; he is going to DC to speak against it
Yesh Atid has finally clarified they are going Left...
V15's stated goals for the Middle East would result in the end of the Jewish State.
Gafni's position: The Left would give the Chareidim more money, but the Right allows more Judaism in the public schools.
By Rachel Levy
Top US leaders huddle with Israeli opposition candidate Isaac Herzog on sidelines of Munich security talks. Why no 'election proximity' worries?
Liberman said, "You can't be a wimp in the Middle East."
Likud is siphoning off seats from Bayit Yehudi.
The trend in the polls is clear - the next government will not be muscled by the left.
By Jason Maoz
Note also the response to the speech by the top Democrats in the House and Senate, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, both of whom have been outspoken in their criticism of Netanyahu’s upcoming visit.
When you try to find out what exactly the leftists want, there is not much of an answer.
Haaretz may not be too pleased with the results of the latest election poll they ran...
The barbed-wire political fence was more than Lieberman could stand.
Likud party members charge opponents with receiving illicit funds and violating Israeli election laws.
The Prime Minister has declared Orbach temporarily absent from the Knesset for medical reasons.
By Shalom Bear
Avigdor Liberman finally declared his political allegiances without the semantic games and ambiguity.
The US in November stopped funding a left-wing group that is helping to campaign against Netanyahu
Cruz and New York Rep. Zeldin complained to Kerry of Obama's "relentless harassment."
That's it. If you didn't register your party by now, you're not running for the upcoming Knesset elections.
National religious voters favoring the new Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai may be wasting their votes.
By dvora
It is also still not clear whether the main issue of the election will be security or economics.
Chicago-style campaigning lands in Israel. Who and what is running this "non-partisan" campaign? Paging Lois Lerner!
Eli Yishai's Yachad passing the electoral threshold is enough to change the game back.
The united Arab list is enough to shift the balance of power.
Yair Lapid has announced his Yesh Atid list for the upcoming elections....
It isn't over until it's over.
The small right-wing parties will hurt their ideological allies and voters, unless they get past their egos and ideological perfectionism and help their side for a change.
By Rachel Levy
Strange. It wasn't considered as big a deal when it was Shimon Peres who was invited to the White House right before elections in '96.
Netanyahu will reportedly be offering a spot on the Likud list to Caroline Glick.
By Shalom Bear
Apparently the Arabs believe that all these years they voted for Labor, they were not voting for a Zionist party.
Likud pulls ahead, and quite incredibly Shas is making a comeback, but forming a coalition still depends on the small parties.
The wanabee prime minister has a solid, 100 percent certain policy of being uncertain.
They were afraid they would not pass the electoral threshold running separately.
The merged Labor party, AKA the "Zionist Camp" headed by Yitzchak Herzog and Tzipi Livni, has drafted former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin to fill its vacuum for a future Defense Minister if it forms the next government. Israel Radio (Voice of Israel) was quick to promote Yadlin Tuesday morning with soft-glove questions that allowed […]
Yisrael Beytenu introduced his list, and even added a native English speaker, even if he stuck him in an unrealistic spot.
The popular right-wing Knesset Member now is in the 20th place on the list of candidates.
The inclusion of Hager may help Yishai's party get enough voters to be elected to the Knesset.
The younger generation is decidedly left-wing and right-wing.
The Herzog-Livni gimmick of calling itself the "Zionist Camp" looks more absurd every day.
Shamir is quitting Avigdor Libermans' party, will he join the Likud?
Stern quit Livni's party last month...
Labor's up, Bayit Yehudi is up, but the Left-Right division remains about the same.
Israel TV and radio turned a one-seat improvement for Herzog-Livni into a major victory.
Results of the recount are good news for the Likud and bad news for the Jewish Home party.
The Bayit Yehudi votes have been counted...
35 candidates are running for 11 realistic spots.
Labor primary election results are in...